Winning children (who appear so guileless) are children who have discovered how effective charm and modesty and a delicately calculated spontaneity are in winning what they want.


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BILLY THORNTON
I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.
BILLY THORNTON
Tower Records is like a temple to me. I'll stay there for hours. Nobody can shop for records with m...
BILLY THORNTON
Movies these days have made killers into funny people. What's that all about? I've got kids and fami...
BILLY THORNTON
I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize ...
BILLY THORNTON
If Michelle Pfeiffer gave Mel Gibson a vial of blood to wear around his neck in a movie you'd think ...
BILLY THORNTON
What we're presenting is simply an option to accelerate projects, which is tolls, and get some of th...
BILL THORNTON
The issue in my opinion is the quality of the leadership at the building.
BILL THORNTON
Leadership at the building level is critical for pulling the team together. The principal pulls the ...
BILL THORNTON
You'll be able to pour drinks for a buddy or your boss and anyone in between.
BILL THORNTON
A Rum and Pepsi is just not the same as a Rum and Coke.
BILL THORNTON
Charismatic is an overused term, but that came up frequently with Jim. He hit it off so well with fa...
BILL THORNTON
To be an objective leader means aligning your models with the needs of the organization. There is no...
ELIZABETH THORNTON
To be an effective leader and make sound decisions, you must be able to gather data by seeking out d...
ELIZABETH THORNTON
You've just got to give Virginia Tech credit. They were more energized or something.
AL THORNTON
We have bigger and better things to look forward to: the Stanley Cup Finals.
JOE THORNTON
The term bohemian has a bad reputation because it's allied to myriad clichés, but Parisians origina...
SARAH THORNTON
About the only thing they share is the same life experiences. They have all done their own thing, an...
JULIE THORNTON
Clay was the sickest, but Olivia was so tiny. They wouldn't let me bring her home until she weighed ...
JULIE THORNTON
To increase our objectivity, we must learn to switch off the mini-movies. Objectivity requires us to...
ELIZABETH THORNTON
He wants to hit the jackpot.
TIM THORNTON
Only a weak mind seeks ultimate answers
AGNES THORNTON
We perceive through our senses a person, a situation or an event, and in an instant, we project our ...
ELIZABETH THORNTON
If you leave your seat to get a soda and some popcorn, you might miss 10 points.
WAYNE THORNTON
I feel like to not even consider it would be stupid. But I feel like I'll be back.
AL THORNTON
The parties agreed to mediation then.
TERRY THORNTON
John is going to show up. I can remember when John couldn't spell sprinter — so yes, we're not tak...
BUBBA THORNTON
The students will be regular matriculating students and have access to all the rights and services a...
ALVIN THORNTON
We will accommodate students in a manner that will permit us to respond to the unprecedented disaste...
ALVIN THORNTON
The first thing one has to appreciate is the context in which these men occurred. One, there was a p...
ALVIN THORNTON
He tried to grab them and I said, 'No, you can't. They're all full of mud and you can't take them be...
DAVID THORNTON
A lot of people don't think of cheerleaders as athletes, so this is an opportunity for the kids to f...
WAYNE THORNTON
I can't really get in the stance. I can't explode. I can't be me.
AL THORNTON
I never played with a brace on, and it was very irritating. I couldn't move with it on.
AL THORNTON
I don't know of any officers who are still working as officers - or sergeants or lieutenants or capt...
TERRY THORNTON
We realize that this may inconvenience certain user groups, but Parking and Transportation Services ...
DON THORNTON
Nutrition is becoming more and more important to all athletes as far as performance level, ... At th...
DAVID THORNTON
Magazine photography is the mural painting of modern times.
GENE THORNTON
I still feel like we have to get that win at Miami.
AL THORNTON
I want everybody to see Pearl on CBS Sunday Morning. I promised Pearl that I would try and get this ...
ROBERT THORNTON
The gap is there. Where it really compounds is where there is a racial and a gender gap. That's what...
GREGORY THORNTON
I haven't really felt sorry for myself; I haven't really been mad or anything. I've just felt disapp...
BRIAN THORNTON
One guy asked me why we wouldn't just want to tear down the Dome because it harbors so many bad memo...
DOUG THORNTON